Andrew Friedman

Baseball players used to be assessed in regard to old-school stats such as runs batted in, earned-run average and fielding percentage.

Now it's all about the nouveau sabermetrics revolution with focus on the likes of on-base-plus-slugging percentage, batting average on balls in play and ultimate zone rating. And the head-scratching WAR, which sounds out of place in a pastoral game such as baseball, but actually is the product of a complex formula to measure a player's value in terms of Wins Above Replacement.

Major league teams have embraced the trend to varying degrees since Bill James was anointed numbers guru and Billy Beane begat Moneyball.

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